Achievement goals and gender effects on multidimensional anxiety in national elite sport

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 449-464

  Abrahamsen, Frank Eirik ^a   Roberts, Glyn C ^a   Pensgaard, Anne Marte ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Anxiety; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549132619     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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